BBC coverage of Juan of the Dead

“Blood-spattered, flesh-eating monsters have been roaming the Cuban capital, Havana, in recent months – all part of filming for the country’s first zombie movie”. This is how the British news agency presents the film.

The reporter cares to mention, among other references how US director John Landis, who made the 1981 comedy horror classic An American Werewolf In London, hailed the country’s history and passion for film. Landis visited the international school where Brugues studied in Havana last November. “Cuba has a great history of cinema and they’ve always been avid filmgoers,” Landis said.

Read BBC’s complete coverage here